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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Budaun}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Budaun district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Badaun.svg
| map_caption = Location of Budaun district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Badaun
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bareilly division|Bareilly]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Budaun]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 6
| area_total_km2 = 4234
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3,681,896
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 826,000
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 52.91 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Badaun (Lok Sabha constituency)|Badaun]], [[Aonla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Aonla]] (partly)
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 6
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = SH33, SH43, SH51, SH18, [[National Highway 93 (India)|NH 93]]
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = https://budaun.nic.in/
}}
[[File:India Uttar Pradesh districts Badaun.svg|thumb|alt=Muzaffarnagar map till date 28 September 2011|'''Badaun district''' map till date 23 July 2012 (Before the creation of [[Sambhal district]])]]

'''Budaun district''' is one of the [[districts of Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[India]], and [[Budaun]] town is the district headquarters. Budaun district is a part of [[Bareilly division]]. The district covers an area of 4234 km<sup>2</sup>. According to the (District Badaun, Govt. Of Uttar Pradesh) mythological stories, Budaun was named after [[Ahir]] prince Budh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=जिले के बारे में {{!}} ज़िला बदायूँ उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार {{!}} India|url=https://budaun.nic.in/hi/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%9a%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0/|access-date=2021-10-27|language=hi-IN}}</ref>

== History ==
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After the original British takeover in 1801, this area was part of [[Moradabad district]], although parts were then transferred into [[Bareilly district]] in 1805.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Budaun: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XV Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1907 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=97–100, 240 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48010 |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> Then in October 1823, the district was created out of areas previously in both Moradabad and Bareilly districts, and it was originally called '''Sahaswan district''' after its headquarters of [[Sahaswan]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The headquarters were moved to Budaun in 1838.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

The ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition]]'' wrote of Budaun:<ref name="EB11.vIV.p737">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Budaun |volume= 4 | page= 737 }}</ref> {{Cquote|A town and district of [[British Raj|British]] India, in the [[Rohilkhand]] division of the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]]. The town is near the left bank of the [[river Sot]]. [The population as of] 1901 [was] 39,031. There are ruins of an immense fort and a very handsome [[mosque]] of imposing size, crowned with a dome, and built in 1223 in great part from the materials of an ancient Hindu temple. The American Methodist mission maintains several girls' schools, and there is a high school for boys. According to tradition, Badaun was founded about A.D. 905, and an inscription, probably of the 12th century, gives a list of twelve [[Rathore|Rathor]] kings reigning at Badaun (called Vodamayuta). The first authentic historical event connected with it, however, was its capture by [[Qutb al-Din Aibak|Kutb-ud-din]] in 1196, after which it became a very important post on the northern frontier of the Delhi empire. In the 13th century two of its governors, Shams-ud-din Altamsh, the builder of the great mosque referred to above, and his son [[Rukn ud din Firuz|Rukd-ud-din Firoz]], attained the imperial throne. In 1571 the town was burnt, and about a hundred years later, under [[Shah Jahan]], the seat of the governorship was transferred to Bareilly; after which the importance of Badaun declined.
}}

It has been noted by Prof. Goti John that this city was named "Bedamooth" (बेदामूथ) in an ancient inscription (stone writeup, शिलालेख.) (inscription at Lucknow Museum)Then this region was called Panchal (पांचाल). According to the lines on Stone Writeup there was a village "Bhadaunlak" near the city. A Muslim Historian (इतिहासकार) Mr. Roz Khan Lodhi said that here the [[Ashoka]] - The Great built a Buddh Vihar & Quila (किला) and he named it BuddhMau (बुद्धमउ). Geographically Badaun City is located near Holy River GANGA (गंगा).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://badaun.nic.in/|title=District Budaun|website=badaun.nic.in|access-date=1 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163216/http://badaun.nic.in/#|archive-date=21 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Budaun one of the country's 251 special funded cities (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund|Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF) In The Badaun.<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Divisions==
The district comprises five tehsils: [[Budaun]], [[Bisauli]], [[Bilsi]], [[Dataganj]] and [[Sahaswan]].

There are six [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: Bisauli, Sahaswan, Bilsi, Badaun, Shekhupur and Dataganj. While Shekhupur and Dataganj are part of Aonla Lok Sabha constituency, rest are part of Badaun Lok Sabha constituency.

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=10,26,192|13=1911|14=10,54,293|15=1921|16=9,75,684|17=1931|18=10,10,467|19=1941|20=11,62,322|21=1951|22=12,51,152|23=1961|24=14,11,657|25=1971|26=16,45,967|27=1981|28=19,71,946|29=1991|30=24,48,338|31=2001|32=30,69,426|33=2011|34=36,81,896|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Budaun district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,681,896,{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} roughly equal to the nation of [[Liberia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est. | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-date = 27 September 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> or the US state of [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Oklahoma 3,751,351
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=1 January 2011
|df=dmy
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 71st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert| 718 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.96%. Badaun has a [[sex ratio]] of 859 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 52.91%.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

The major urban areas In the district according to March 2015 estimates are [[Budaun]] (3.97 lacs pop.), [[Ujhani]] (1.24 lacs pop.), [[Sahaswan]] (1.18 lacs pop.) and [[Kakrala]] (0.85 lacs pop.)

About 27% population of Budaun district is urban, 28% suburban and remaining 45% rural.

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 91.28% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 8.64% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

===Religion===
{{bar box |title= Religion in Badaun district |titlebar=#ddd |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=right |bars= {{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|Orange|77.89}} {{bar percent|[[Islam]]|Green|21.47}}{{bar percent|Other|gold|0.27}} {{bar percent|Not stated|DarkKhaki|0.37}} }}
The majority of the population residing in Budaun is mainly from the two religions Hinduism and Islam.Moreover, Sikhs, Christians and Jains are also some other practiced religions in the region.

==Major settlements==

*[[Budaun]]
*[[Bisauli]]
*[[Sahaswan]]
*[[Ujhani]]
*[[Kakrala]]
*[[Bilsi]]
*[[Islamnagar, Badaun|Islamnagar]]
*[[Dataganj]]

== Notable people ==

* [[Kumar Pradhan|Kumar Prashant]], District Magistrate

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://badaun.nic.in/}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Budaun district
|North = [[Moradabad district]]
|Northeast = [[Rampur district]] <br /> [[Bareilly district]]
|East = [[Shahjahanpur district]]
|Southeast = [[Farrukhabad district]]
|South = [[Kanshiram Nagar district]]
|Southwest = [[Aligarh district]]
|West = [[Bulandshahr district]]
|Northwest = [[Jyotiba Phule Nagar district]]
}}

{{Badaun district}}
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{{Authority control}}

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->Drpankajaligarh at 06:50, 6 January 2022